i have been working out hard core for a couple of months now and i just dont seem to get bigger. i had to take a couple moths off for wrestling season but now wrestling has been over for about three weeks and im back to track on my normal workout schedule
i usually do back and bise and the next day i do chest tries and shoulders my chest has gotten bigger but my arms are not showing any results. i eat regularly and still nothing. can someone please help or tell me something good to take.
more food. and maybe some leg work
how many calories should i be taking in cause i have been thinking i have been eating enough but maby i am wrong
[quote]fightnight1 wrote:
i have been working out hard core for a couple of months now and i just dont seem to get bigger. i had to take a couple moths off for wrestling season but now wrestling has been over for about three weeks and im back to track on my normal workout schedule
i usually do back and bise and the next day i do chest tries and shoulders my chest has gotten bigger but my arms are not showing any results. i eat regularly and still nothing. can someone please help or tell me something good to take.[/quote]
This is impossible to tell without more information. A couple key points though…are you working legs? Are you doing compound exercises like deadlifts or squats? What do you mean by eating “regularly?” Have you read a lot of the basic articles here?
Please tell me this is a joke or this is a solicitation for gear.
I don’t get it…You said you’ve been working out “hard core”, (whatever that means) for three months. But then you said you took two months off, and that wrestling has been over three weeks and you’re back on schedule. ? That makes no sense.
Bottom line though…Three months is not nearly long enough to start complaining about not getting bigger. Keep in mind most people on this site have been working out “hard core” 5 years or more. It’s a way of life, which lasts longer than 3 months.
I knew I’d be getting to say this again soon.
Steps to getting big;
Lift. CW’s Big Boy Basics is good. So is WS4SB.
Eat. Eat everything. Steak, Chicken, vegetables, bread, anything you can get your hands on.
Sleep. Every night. Period.
Repeat.
I wonder what “hard-core” means. It is obvious you are not eating enough otherwise you would gain weight(duh). Plus arms don’t grow unless you proportionately grow muscle throughout your body(15 pounds per 1 inch of growth on arms). And apparently you have neglected your legs which is a big f’in no-no thing to do if you want to get “swole”. You may be training “super hard-core” but if your body doesn’t have enough bricks to make the house then the house isn’t going to be built. I recommend you add squats and at least half a gallon of milk a day. We’ll see if you don’t grow after that.
Im asumeing your not loseing any weight so your maintaining wich is good because now if you add 500-1000 calories you will gain just the fight ammount of weight
my advice chicken BLT salad from wendys with any burger for some extra calories
that should at a extra 800 cals and 60 grams 60- protein
if you want to improve your arms improve your bench press your triceps will grow from this
and I dont mean 10lbs on your bench I mean like 100lbs wich you could easily do in a year if your new to lifting, and bulking
n3wb
here’s some more advice…
read everything you can on this site, other sites, books, whatever just DO NOT READ MAGS!
SIMPLE as everyone said eat more an do big lift.
i thought i was eating pretty good but at 165 i was eating like 100g of protein per day.
now i’m at 250-300g of protein and i’m at 172. mostly muscle. but it does take time.
get whey pure protein.
[quote]GNorm wrote:
here’s some more advice…
read everything you can on this site, other sites, books, whatever just DO NOT READ MAGS![/quote]
Bullshit. I have never understood this all out hatred for magazines. If you are dumb enough to fall for every ad you see, then fine, ignore them. Also ignore commercials and guys trying to sell bridges in New York. You are a dumbass and need to avoid all sources of confusion if you are that lame. If, however, you aren’t that blind, seeing what other people have accomplished is the greatest motivation. Figuring out that everything doesn’t work for everyone is also an important lesson.
I agree. One thing that has always bothered me about T-Nation is a lack of physique athlete profiling. You’d think by now we’d have an article on George St. Pierre’s training, Stan McQuay’s diet, or something of the sort. I think the Project Superhero was a move in the right direction, but it seems we’re backing to arguing about overtraining. Oh well.
[quote]That One Guy wrote:
I wonder what “hard-core” means.[/quote]
Ditto…one man’s “hard-core” is another man’s “overtraining no-no”. How’s your on/off ratio…how many hrs. are you putting in per session…rep/set scheme…specific exercises – all that good stuff.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
GNorm wrote:
here’s some more advice…
read everything you can on this site, other sites, books, whatever just DO NOT READ MAGS!
Bullshit. I have never understood this all out hatred for magazines. If you are dumb enough to fall for every ad you see, then fine, ignore them. Also ignore commercials and guys trying to sell bridges in New York. You are a dumbass and need to avoid all sources of confusion if you are that lame. If, however, you aren’t that blind, seeing what other people have accomplished is the greatest motivation. Figuring out that everything doesn’t work for everyone is also an important lesson. [/quote]
yes yes allright. i agree with you about the motivation part of magazines. but it avoid all confusion throughout the mags, just avoid it!
u know damn well that the majority of people out there will believe those mags.
y do u think NO is one of the best selling supps?
Because it has a super-cool name like Nitrous Oxide and people think it will make their biceps emit flames when they do curlsn and hit boost.
Lol, bro…you said you were wrestling for three months? I think you just answered your question. Give yourself some time to get back into the groove. In my experience, wrestling maximizes effeciency. Lifting is on the opposite spectrum.
Eat a diet w/ moderate/high carbs, moderate protein and lots of healthy fats at every meal. Adding healthy fats at a couple meals will do wonders, i.e. handful of almonds in your morning oats…walnuts in your cottage cheese. Lots of caloric density to help you get bigger.
Read the following:
Massive Eating Reloaded, Part I
http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459429
Massive Eating Reloaded, Part II
http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459431
[quote]GNorm wrote:
yes yes allright. i agree with you about the motivation part of magazines. but it avoid all confusion throughout the mags, just avoid it!
u know damn well that the majority of people out there will believe those mags.
y do u think NO is one of the best selling supps?
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Because people are dumbasses. Why do you think so many of these guys with small arms are AVOIDING all direct arm work? Because they read it here. Does it make sense to most of the people with truly large arms who have been training for years? Probably not. You see just as much “confusion” right here on this site. Newbies are prime targets for bullshit because most want it quick, easy and most of all, right now. Once again, if you fall for every ad you see, avoiding magazines doesn’t mean you will fall for random shit any less.
yea dude thats what i am sayin
[quote]Professor X wrote:
GNorm wrote:
yes yes allright. i agree with you about the motivation part of magazines. but it avoid all confusion throughout the mags, just avoid it!
u know damn well that the majority of people out there will believe those mags.
y do u think NO is one of the best selling supps?
Because people are dumbasses. Why do you think so many of these guys with small arms are AVOIDING all direct arm work? Because they read it here. Does it make sense to most of the people with truly large arms who have been training for years? Probably not. You see just as much “confusion” right here on this site. Newbies are prime targets for bullshit because most want it quick, easy and most of all, right now. Once again, if you fall for every ad you see, avoiding magazines doesn’t mean you will fall for random shit any less.
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Amen. Put it perfectly.